I think we have established, constitutionally, that lying is not an
impeachable offense.



At 06:28 PM 6/7/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Prof. Maule writes:
>> In other words, there is or should be far more concern about the
>> present location of WMD rather than whether they existed. They almost
>> certainly existed, it is debatable whether their existence justified
>> what happened, and so the question is where are they now and how did
>> they get there.
>
>Comment:  It was not clear to the international community and others that
>WMDs existed at the time of the U.S.' invasion.  Of course, they existed in
>the 90s, but it was not at all clear that WMDs existed in 2002.  Bush
>articulated a foreign policy in 2002 justifying pre-emptive strikes on the
>grounds that WMDs created a threat of imminent attack, and the Bush
>Administration is now using this stick against other states (Syria, Iran,
>N. Korea) to compel them to act in conformity with U.S. policy.
>
>Francisco Forrest Martin
>
Frank Cross
Herbert D. Kelleher Centennial Professor of Business Law
CBA 5.202
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712

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